[m-dev.] diff: avoid lexing bug

[Fergus Henderson]

On 29-Sep-2000, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> 
> Estimated hours taken: 6
> 
> compiler/typecheck.m:
> 	Add a space betten an integer and a dot representing the end of
> 	clause.  This stops the compiler from executing some code which
> 	calls io__putback_char twice, which is undefined on some systems.

That change is OK as a work-around, but it doesn't fix the bug;
we will still need to fix this one properly at some point.

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